Facing a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast!

As the old man drew the Evil Eye Tyrant away into the distance, the remaining few immediately began to act.

The teasing smiles vanished from Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen's faces, and they stopped bickering.

Ye Luochen's expression also instantly turned serious and solemn.

After exchanging glances, they did not waste a moment and immediately headed in the opposite direction.

If one Evil Eye Tyrant with fifty thousand years of cultivation could appear, who knew whether there might be a second one?

Without the protection of a ninth-level Soul Engineer, if their group of three encountered another fifty-thousand-year Soul Beast, the outcome would likely not be good.

And just as they had been darting and weaving about for over ten minutes, thinking they could probably stop—

Misfortunes never came alone.

Three more Evil Eyes suddenly appeared before them.

"Damn it!"

Seeing such rotten luck, Xiao Hongchen could not help but curse.

"Are we cursed today? Why are all these Evil Eyes wandering around the outskirts, and why do we keep running into them?"

But curses aside, neither the Hongchen siblings nor Ye Luochen panicked much.

That was because these three Evil Eyes were all far smaller than the Evil Eye Tyrant from before, with cultivation estimated to be only around ten thousand years.

Soul Beasts of this level were probably still not enough to threaten the three of them.

"So what if a fifty-thousand-year one came looking for trouble? A few ten-thousand-year ones dare block our path? I've been stifled in that membrane space all afternoon. You're just in time to let me blow off some steam!"

Xiao Hongchen shouted angrily, then pushed off with his feet and actually charged straight at them.

Meng Hongchen's eyes brightened slightly at the sight.

"I'm in too. There are exactly three of them, one each. Let's see who finishes first."

With that, she lifted her jade-like leg and flew forward as well.

Seeing the Hongchen siblings rush out and each engage an Evil Eye, Ye Luochen froze.

He had not been worried before because both siblings were Soul Kings as well as fifth-level Soul Engineers, and their combat strength naturally far exceeded that of ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts.

Thus, although he had only just reached level forty—

Taken together, three against three had absolutely been in their favor.

Yet the moment he turned around, the siblings had charged right in.

Not only had they kindly left an Evil Eye for him, but they had even turned it into a competition to see who could kill their opponent first.

Ye Luochen really wanted to say that they did not need to leave one for him, and that this inexplicable contest was completely unnecessary.

He would have been perfectly content staying in the back and lending a hand.

But clearly, the die had been cast. It was too late to say any of that now.

In fact, Ye Luochen was not the only one stunned. The remaining Evil Eye was as well.

In its past understanding, humans were the most skilled at teamwork.

When they discovered the three humans, the three Evil Eyes had actually hesitated.

With their powerful spiritual power, they could clearly sense that two of the humans possessed a stronger aura than themselves.

Under such circumstances, the three Evil Eyes would probably gain no advantage against human Soul Masters renowned for cooperation.

Yet after a single exchange, those two powerful Soul Masters had gone after its brothers.

Only this weaker human remained before it?

Shriek!

The Evil Eye let out an excited cry.

An opportunity, a perfect opportunity!

Human Soul Masters were excellent nourishment for Soul Beasts. To pick up this weak-aura human was practically a gift from heaven!

As long as it dealt with him and devoured him, it could then go help the other two Evil Eyes.

Even if those two possessed formidable auras, they would never be a match for the combined strength of three Evil Eyes!

At that point, all three Evil Eyes would receive tremendous advancement from the nourishment of these three human Soul Masters.

And it would undoubtedly be the biggest winner!

Every bit of the Evil Eye's reaction fell into Ye Luochen's eyes, so it was not difficult for him to guess what it was thinking.

"Looks like it's looking down on me."

"Not surprising. Judging from my aura, I'm only level forty. To a Soul Beast, that amounts to merely a few thousand years of cultivation."

"It's only natural for a ten-thousand-year Evil Eye to look down on me."

Ye Luochen sighed leisurely.

But the next moment, Ye Luochen's eyes lit up sharply. His Soul Power surged without restraint, the Dark Iron Blade condensed into shape, and three soul rings appeared in turn.

"But if that's what you think, then I'm afraid you won't live to see tomorrow's sun."

As his voice fell, all three soul rings lit up at once.

"First Soul Skill, Sharpness!"

"Second Soul Skill, Wind Blade!"

"Third Soul Skill, Blade Shadow!"

Light blossomed from the compact blade of the Dark Iron Blade. As Ye Luochen swung his arm, the tearing sound of the blade slicing through the air exploded.

Before the Evil Eye could react, Ye Luochen had already thrust down with one slash and returned to his original spot.

A massive wound as wide as the eyeball's diameter had appeared across the Evil Eye's main body.

The next moment, the entire eyeball deflated like a punctured ball.

Pshht!

A large amount of translucent fluid poured from the wound.

Its previously waving tentacles also stiffened before slowly drooping.

Only as the fluid within its eyeball continued to drain away did the Evil Eye realize something was wrong, instinctively trying to gather its strength and resist.

But the fluid within its eyeball was its spiritual essence. Without its essence to support it, where could it find the strength to resist?

In the end, it could only fall heavily to the ground in helplessness.

A moment later, a pitch-black soul ring condensed from the shattered eyeball and floated silently in midair.

"What? You finished that fast?!"

Xiao Hongchen's surprised voice came from nearby.

Then a tremendous roar rang out. Xiao Hongchen stopped holding back in the slightest, unleashing a torrent of powerful firepower that blasted the Evil Eye he faced into fragments in mere moments.

Meng Hongchen was the same. Who knew what method she had used, but the Evil Eye that had been imposing just moments ago suddenly died on the ground with a crack, without even a single wound on its body.

After the siblings finished off their opponents, they immediately floated over and landed before Ye Luochen.

Looking at the fully condensed soul ring before them, Xiao Hongchen could not help turning to Ye Luochen.

"Tell me honestly, did Grandpa give you some high-level Soul Tool? Otherwise, how did you start fighting last but finish first?"

Meng Hongchen's voice followed right after.

"There isn't the slightest trace of residual Soul Tool energy here, and the Evil Eye's corpse has only one blade wound.

"Unless something unexpected happened, this Evil Eye was killed in one strike by Ye Luochen, just like that Mandala Snake earlier."

"How can those be the same? How many years of cultivation did that Mandala Snake have, and how many does this Evil Eye have? You're telling me Ye Luochen, with level-forty cultivation, killed this ten-thousand-year Evil Eye in one strike?"

Xiao Hongchen clearly did not quite believe his sister's words.

Or rather, he was unwilling to believe them.

"Ah~"

"My dear brother, is it really so hard to admit that someone else is better than you?"